Tuesday, 22 February 2022

Truganina Rabbitohs Rugby League Club

Ms CONNOLLY (Tarneit) (12:43): Well, with the new year comes a new sporting season, and for our local sporting clubs it is a pretty good year to be down at local grounds training and getting ready for those weekend games. It was absolutely fantastic to get on down to Truganina last week to visit the Truganina Rabbitohs Rugby League Club. It was an absolute delight to meet the club’s president, Tim Watts, and to hear from him about how the club has fared over the past couple of years during the pandemic and is preparing for the return of community sport for a bigger and brighter year in 2022. Tim, you are an awesome bloke, and Trug Rabbitohs rugby club is so lucky to have you. It is volunteers like Tim that have been an absolute pillar of strength for players, for members and for our local community in general over the past couple of years.

To all of our amazing sporting club volunteers, thank you so much for everything that you have done and continue to do as we look forward to a bigger and brighter 2022 for community sport. As someone who grew up watching rugby league, long before it became super league, it was great to talk to Tim about all things to do with NRL, and Trug Rabbitohs is certainly a powerhouse in Melbourne’s west, with players coming to play there from near and far. It was great to hear that Melbourne Storm is right behind this local club, helping mentor and nurture the next round of Victorian and Australian rugby superstars. Our local sports clubs are the beating heart of our community. They keep us happy and they certainly keep us fit, and I know Tim and his team down at Trug Rabbitohs feel the exact same way.